The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-19
lHE IRISH PATRIOT.
0'BrleO Challenges LansuOWne to An,
Wsr HI Challenge.
He Declares the Inc Is Past When Irish
Tenants win BOpelesSly Submit to
EVictiOD-b- OratOra
The Canadians

tonight Mr.. O'BTlI said be had to TX
press his acknON ledRmentR not merely
TO his friends, but 10 his opponents, for
the courtesy and isir play he had rP
ceived up to tn. p esent time He be
lieVed that g0Or hsDy prtjudices an
misur derstRndinRs which had arisen
with reference to his visit were dlsDell
ed, and expressed his confidence that the
more the subject was threshed out the
more severely every humane and liberty.
loving man In Canada would condemn
the conduct of Lord Lansdowne and the
more they would recognize that this
visit was the only means left to avert
the total destruc Ion Of an entire com
munity Of oppressed and cruelty wrong.
ed tenants. The lTish people had moi
sought this quarrel with Lord LaDs.
dOwne. He bad himself forced 1t By
making himself tie chamI ion and the
standard bearer of the worst and most
inbumsn class of rack renters In Ire
land. [Hisses.l
"Phe Montreal Herald of to-day" hG
continued, "tOOk up the position, with
which do not for one moment quarrel
that the Canadian people would moi
take, on the statement of others, tht
assertion that Lord LansdOWne was az
black as he was painted until the Other
side was heard from. invite and cbal.
lenRe Lord LBnsdOwne to answer or dis
Dute single fact which thu Herald say
should not be accepted until he has hsc
an opportunity of doing this. Lore
LansdOwne need not seriously shelter
himself under the plea that his officisl
position prevents him from defending
himself. In free country like this thu
press Is as open to him as tn anyone
Applause. And as matter Of fact
Lord Lans6Owne has already very sigDif
icantIy aVRiled himself Of the ordinary
channels of newspaper defense. He has
on more than one occasion, through in
terViews and cOmmuniques official, done
his utmost to pTejud CO the Canadian
people with reference to my visit
Misses And he cannot now pretend
TO so wrap himself up In majesty ss to
decline to defend himself against an iD
dlctment which, If unBnsW cred, will
bring upon him the reprOb8 ion of CaI :
adian public opinion. [AppIause.l
"The fact Is, Lord LansdOwDe's trou.
BILE Is not that he has been debarTed
from defending himself, but the defense
which he has air. ady offered is q weak
and misleading and lame defense
[Renewed applause.
"NOt only has Lord LsnsdOwne liber
ally aVailed himself of newspaper inter
views in his own defense, but his agent
one Of the most sstute of living men, did
exhaust all the resources of his ingenu.
ity through the Atlantic cable to obscure
and prejudice the judgment Of the Ca.
madam people In the interest of his
master. Hisses.]
Lord Lansd0wne wants not 80 much
advocates In the press as material to
supply them with an adequate answer.
The only refuge now of his defenders
sppears to be In the absurd notion that
Ii is as Governor General Of Canada ana
not as an Illsh evictOr that am here to
srraign him. Lord LansdOwne has his
self forgotten his high Office as the Gov
ernOr OF free people when he carried
snd is carrying out In Ireland proceed
iDgs In direct violation of the principles
which the Canadian Parliament has
again and again affirmed with relation
to Ireland.
'If be wrong In inviting public con-
demnatiOn of the LuggacUrrRn eVic-
tiOns, then the members Of the Canadian
Parliament were wrong In presenting
J esOluti0ns denOuncing the infamous
and the coercive system In Ire
land. sa'4.s sS.S5s eyss. A RzeA
Il hold on The contrary that this Is the
highest right and duty cOnstitutiOnslly
Of nation enjoying the blessings Of
self-goVernment TO know whether the
uler Of their country was not himself
forgetting the very injustice which the
anadisn parliament deprecated and
sbhorred. Either they sought to expunge
their resolutions Of sympathy for Ire
land from the books of the Canadian
Parliament or they ought to Rcknowl.
edge that their ruler should pay little
more Difference to the principles enun-
ciated by the representatives of the Ca
madam people. Cheers.
1.-The days are gone by when the Irish
will submit to eviction with
d jected and hopeless hearts. Our race
ls beginning to avail Its strength. We
know that no Irish exteTminRtOr can
0w find In all the world spot where
can hide his head from the judgment
and condemnation of civilized mankind.
/ [Applauss.l 1t Is that which has cheerPd
The hearts Of the Irish people and kept
their arms from crime"
Mr.. O'Brien concluded his address
with an eloquent perorRtlOD, predicting
m early deliverance from landl0rdism
In Ireland and from the curse and abom-
nation Of Dublin castle rule